Swiggy partners with PM SVANidhi Scheme, to onboard 30,000 street food vendors

Food delivery brand Swiggy has announced its expansion plans of taking it Street Food Vendors programme to 125 cities under the Prime Minister Street Vendor’s AtmaNibhar Nidhi (PM SVANidhi) Scheme.

According to the release, the Bengaluru-based platform will list over 36,000 street food vendors across cities including Indore, Varanasi, Gwalior, Vadodara, Visakhapatnam, Udaipur, Lucknow, and Bhilai on its platform.

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The food delivery platform has successful pilot launched the programme in collaboration with the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs in the cities of Ahmedabad, Varanasi, Chennai, Delhi and Indore, where 300 street vendors were on-boarded.

“Street vendors are integral to the food culture in India and we thank the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for giving Swiggy the opportunity to do our bit to help them adapt to the ‘new normal’ and embrace and thrive in the digital economy,” shared Vivek Sunder, COO, Swiggy.

Swiggy has created a special feature on the app where consumers can discover their favourite street food vendors. All vendors are registered with FSSAI. Swiggy facilitates a Food Safety Training and Certification (FOSTAC) in partnership with FSSAI and their empanelled partners.

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All PM SVANidhi Scheme street food vendors undergo a three-stage training programme before being onboarded. After the training and registration, all vendors are required to do a self-audit and demonstrate the standards they abide by. These standards are modelled on the lines of FSSAI’s guidelines to ensure that essential hygienic practices are observed.